The Story of France, 1814-1914
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Follow- ing the example of the army, the electors declared overwhelmingly in favour of the President. On the night of December 31, 1851, a consultative commis- sion announced the result of the poll at the Elysee — 7,439,216 votes were cast in favour of the new Csesar- ism, only 640,737 against. Astoimding as were the figures of 1848, they paled into insignificance before this extraordinary expression of popular feeling ; after three years of office Louis-Napoleon found himself entrusted with po...wers such as no man before, not even the great emperor himself, in France or out of France, had ever received. " Let us sum up his government," wrote Victor Hugo, with a pen dipped in gall. " Who is at the Elysee and the Tuileries ?
Crime. Who is established at the Luxembourg ?
Baseness. Who at the Palais Bourbon ? Imbecility.
Who at the Palais d'Orsay ? Corruption. Who at the Palais de Justice ? Prevarication. And who are in the prisons, in the fortresses, in the cells, in the casemates, in the hulks, at Lambessa, at Cayenne, 166 THE STORY OF FRANCE.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Follow- ing the example of the army, the electors declared overwhelmingly in favour of the President. On the night of December 31, 1851, a consultative commis- sion announced the result of the poll at the Elysee — 7,439,216 votes were cast in favour of the new Csesar- ism, only 640,737 against. Astoimding as were the figures of 1848, they paled into insignificance before this extraordinary expression of popular feeling ; after three years of office Louis-Napoleon found himself entrusted with po...wers such as no man before, not even the great emperor himself, in France or out of France, had ever received. " Let us sum up his government," wrote Victor Hugo, with a pen dipped in gall. " Who is at the Elysee and the Tuileries ?
Crime. Who is established at the Luxembourg ?
Baseness. Who at the Palais Bourbon ? Imbecility.
Who at the Palais d'Orsay ? Corruption. Who at the Palais de Justice ? Prevarication. And who are in the prisons, in the fortresses, in the cells, in the casemates, in the hulks, at Lambessa, at Cayenne, 166 THE STORY OF FRANCE.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by James, James Lyne Beaumont to read onlineMoreLess
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